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Monthly Archives August 2020
Templates Discovery Tab
If you’re constantly looking for new templates, Templates Discovery Tab might look like a good tool that can help you with your quest. However, this application is a potentially unwanted program, and might inadvertently lead you to unreliable websites. What’s more, users often end up with this application accidentally, and they don’t even know how it entered their browsers. We’re actually lucky because we can remove Templates Discovery Tab without too much difficulty. There are also several ways to remove this extension, so it is up to you to choose the removal method that is more convenient to you. ...
TorS@Tuta.Io Ransomware
When TorS@Tuta.Io Ransomware successfully invades a Windows operating system, it encrypts files. It encrypts documents, videos, projects, photos, and other personal files as well as system files. This is not very common for file encryptors because when system files are corrupted, the system might stop working properly, and this could make it impossible for the attackers to present a ransom note. Ransomware, after all, is the kind of malware that takes hostages to validate a ransom request. Our research team has analyzed the ransom note introduced by the cybercriminals behind this infection, but we do not know if all victims will get to do the same. ...
Vil APP
Did you download Vil APP with a hope that it could enhance your web browsing experience? Perhaps you do not remember downloading it at all, or you installed it just because it came attached to something else? At the time of research, the extension was compatible with the Google Chrome, but it could no longer be acquired from the Chrome Web Store (chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vil-app/mgheloialdghfmmfnknhppkcncoglhlc). It also did not have an official download website. Due to this, the distribution of this potentially unwanted program (PUP) is still a mystery to us. ...
Access TV Streaming
Access TV Streaming seems like a simple extension that can offer you access to TV streaming websites. Do not have any illusions about what it actually offers, which is not free streaming, but rather easy access to paid streaming. Besides giving you access to multiple streaming websites from one location – which is your New Tab page – it also shows links to news websites, youtube.com, and other similar sources. To be fair, some people might find this extension very useful, because it does offer an extensive list for multiple different platforms. ...
DiskFixer
Is DiskFixer a trustworthy application? According to our team of experts, it is not. It is promoted as a disk cleanup tool, but once installed, it can collect user-related data (including personal information), as well as use the services of unknown third parties that, supposedly, can help the service facilitate and provide unspecified services. Myappsland is the company that presents the Privacy Policy found at diskfixer.net/privacy. Of course, not all Windows users take their time to look deeper, analyze privacy policies, and research the software or services they are interested in. ...
SportsHDSearchs
If you do not want to be exposed to unreliable extensions and programs, you have to be careful about what you install. SportsHDSearchs might seem like a harmless and even useful extension at first, but our researchers warn that it is a PUP (potentially unwanted program). First of all, it has nothing to do with sports specifically. Second, its only serviceable function is to search the web. Third, it does not offer a trustworthy search tool. Fourth, it collects data about users to aid third-party advertisers. Does any of this make you want to install the extension? ...
StreamBrosSearch
When choosing a search tool, you have to be choosy. StreamBrosSearch is an extension that promises to provide you with optimized search services, but words can be empty, and that is exactly the case with this PUP – potentially unwanted program. The word “optimized” might make you think that the tool can somehow enhance the results you see, but how can the PUP do it? It appears that it does that by injecting sponsored links into the normal search results of search.yahoo.com, which is where the PUP redirects to. So, does that sound like a beneficial service? ...
EG83 Ransomware
Can you protect your Windows operating system against EG83 Ransomware? That depends on what security measures you have taken to protect it against malware, whether RDP connection is enabled, and whether you have file-sharing enabled. Unprotected systems with this feature enabled can become targets of an attack conducted by the attackers behind the Matrix Ransomware family. The way this malware works is that it tries to infect all systems that are reachable via file-sharing and RDP. That means that if you are unable to protect yourself against malware, you could be responsible for the suffering of others too. ...
Tabe Ransomware
Tabe Ransomware is a malicious application that marks files with the .tabe extension as soon as it encrypts them. The purpose of encrypting victim files is to make it impossible to open them without special decryption tools. Of course, the hackers behind the malware ask to pay ransom and only then promise to send the promised decryption tools. If you want to know why putting up with their demands could be risky or more about how the threat works, we invite you to read the rest of this report. In it, we also explain how users could remove Tabe Ransomware manually as leaving it on a device might be dangerous even if it already encrypted all files. If you have any questions, feel free to place a comment at the end of this page. ...
ConverterzSearch
ConverterzSearch is introduced as a search tool, but if you expect it to work in a useful manner, we have to disappoint you. This extension hijacks your default search provider on Google Chrome after installation, and it presents feed.converterz-search.com. This search tool is completely unreliable; however, it works, and some people might not think twice about using it. In fact, some might not even realize that this is the tool they are dealing with. The confusion comes with the fact that Yahoo Search is the search engine that introduces search results. ...
